Hinkley Point C £35 bn Bylor JV, Sizewell C FID 22 Jul 2025 £38 bn, Wylfa SMR Rolls-Royce SMR selected 13 Nov 2025.
Cross-border nuclear-build workforce mobilisation against Hinkley Point C (£35 bn; first power target 2030; Bylor JV [Bouygues TP + Laing O'Rourke]), Sizewell C (Final Investment Decision 22 July 2025; £38 bn), Wylfa SMR (Great British Nuclear / Great British Energy — Nuclear; Rolls-Royce SMR selected 13 November 2025), and Heysham 1 + Hartlepool life-extension (extended to March 2028) — ONR Office for Nuclear Regulation, Nuclear Site Licence regime, ASME III / RCC-M 2024, IAEA SSG-50 + SSG-67 personnel-vetting.
Request Technical BriefingRegulator exposure profile
- ONR + Nuclear Site Licence28%
- Sponsor Licence + Skilled Worker24%
- ASME III + RCC-M + WPQR24%
- CITB + CIS + CSCS24%
SC / DV clearance + RPS IRR17 anchor every nuclear lot.
Hinkley Point C + Sizewell C + Wylfa SMR clearance pathways: UK SC 6-12 mo, UK DV 12-18 mo, RPS IRR17 L121, ASME III + RCC-M 2024 WPQR. Workforce cleared MONTHS before outage Week 1.
- 01 T-18mo
Clearance start
UK SC / DV clearance via UKSV
- SC
- DV
- UKSV
- 02 T-12mo
Cert pathway
RPS IRR17 L121 + ASME III + RCC-M
- RPS IRR17
- ASME III
- RCC-M 2024
- 03 T-6mo
WPQR scope
Welder qualification per station
- EN ISO 9606-1
- ASME IX
- EDF WPQR
- 04 T+0
Outage / build
On-site work; ONR oversight
- ONR
- Site Licence
- 05 T+8wk
Demob
Handover + post-work assurance
- Site Licence Conditions
Named projects in this jurisdiction
- Hinkley Point C (£35 bn; first power target 2030; Bylor JV [Bouygues TP + Laing O'Rourke]) EDF Energy + CGN
- Sizewell C (Final Investment Decision 22 July 2025; £38 bn) EDF Energy + UK Government + Centrica + Amber Infrastructure + La Caisse 2025
- Wylfa SMR (Great British Nuclear / Great British Energy — Nuclear; Rolls-Royce SMR selected 13 November 2025) Great British Energy — Nuclear + Rolls-Royce SMR 2025
- Heysham 1 + Hartlepool life-extension (extended to March 2028) EDF Energy
UK nuclear-build runs through Hinkley Point C (£35 bn; Bylor JV; first power target 2030), Sizewell C (FID 22 Jul 2025; £38 bn), Wylfa SMR (Rolls-Royce SMR selected 13 Nov 2025), and Heysham 1 + Hartlepool life-extension (to March 2028). ONR holds Nuclear Site Licence authority.
01. Pre-pricing — CSCS + CIS + RPS IRR17
CSCS card per worker. CIS 20%/30%. RPS IRR17 L121 radiation-protection supervisor + EN ISO 9606-1 WPQR scope per station.
02. Sponsor Licence + Skilled Worker + UK SC / DV clearance
Sponsor Licence + Skilled Worker. UK SC (6-12 month) or DV (12-18 month) clearance via UKSV. ASME III + RCC-M 2024 WPQR scope-match per nuclear-station welder.
03. CITB + EDF / GBN onboarding
CITB Levy. EDF Energy (Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, Heysham 1, Hartlepool) or Great British Energy — Nuclear / Rolls-Royce SMR (Wylfa) operator-specific induction per gang.
04. HMRC + ONR + EDF-defensible evidence pack
Minimum pack: bank-traceable remuneration to UK bank, English-language CoS + contract, CIS statements, CITB returns, CSCS card, UK SC / DV record, RPS IRR17 record, WPQR scope-match per nuclear-station welder.
05. India and Gulf sourcing corridors — the UK nuclear pathway
Indian BHEL + Larsen & Toubro Special Steels + NPCIL pressure-part welder pools. The 12 to 18-week corridor (extended by UK SC / DV clearance lead-time) delivers ASME III + RCC-M 2024-eligible candidates against Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, or Heysham 1 / Hartlepool outages.